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Cosmos
- A Personal Voyage
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Seth MacFarlane, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space....
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Astronomy and so much more
- By Andrei S. on 23-01-18
By: Carl Sagan
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Tides
- A Climber's Voyage
- By: Nick Bullock
- Narrated by: Nick Bullock
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Tides is a gripping memoir that captures the very essence of what it means to dedicate one’s life to climbing....
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Epic, emotional, and inspiring!
- By S. E. on 30-05-19
By: Nick Bullock
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Unsettled
- What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters
- By: Steven E. Koonin
- Narrated by: Jay Aaseng
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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When it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that "the science is settled." In reality, the long game of telephone from research to reports to the popular media is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation....
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A truely scientific approach to climate change
- By Phil on 27-01-22
By: Steven E. Koonin
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Ancient Bones
- Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human
- By: Madelaine Böhme
- Narrated by: Aimée Ayotte
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Fans of Sapiens will love this “fascinating forensic inquiry into human origins” (Kirkus), where a renowned paleontologist takes listeners behind the scenes of one of the most groundbreaking investigations into the origins of humankind....
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Fascinating and Accessible Update
- By veyza on 14-08-23
By: Madelaine Böhme
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Dragons in the Snow
- Avalanche Detectives and the Race to Beat Death in the Mountains
- By: Ed Power
- Narrated by: Gary Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Edward Power sets the listener down in the midst of a February 2017 blizzard that raked Utah's Uinta Range as nine snowboarders made their way into the backcountry for a day of intense adventure....
By: Ed Power
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How the Earth Works
- By: Michael E. Wysession, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael E. Wysession
- Length: 24 hrs and 31 mins
- Original Recording
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How the Earth Works takes you on an astonishing journey through time and space. In 48 lectures, you will look at what went into making our planet - from the big bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth....
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Everyone should hear this
- By Mr D & Mrs E Owers on 10-08-19
By: Michael E. Wysession, and others
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Cosmos
- A Personal Voyage
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Seth MacFarlane, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space....
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Astronomy and so much more
- By Andrei S. on 23-01-18
By: Carl Sagan
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Tides
- A Climber's Voyage
- By: Nick Bullock
- Narrated by: Nick Bullock
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Tides is a gripping memoir that captures the very essence of what it means to dedicate one’s life to climbing....
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Epic, emotional, and inspiring!
- By S. E. on 30-05-19
By: Nick Bullock
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Unsettled
- What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters
- By: Steven E. Koonin
- Narrated by: Jay Aaseng
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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When it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that "the science is settled." In reality, the long game of telephone from research to reports to the popular media is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation....
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A truely scientific approach to climate change
- By Phil on 27-01-22
By: Steven E. Koonin
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Ancient Bones
- Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human
- By: Madelaine Böhme
- Narrated by: Aimée Ayotte
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Fans of Sapiens will love this “fascinating forensic inquiry into human origins” (Kirkus), where a renowned paleontologist takes listeners behind the scenes of one of the most groundbreaking investigations into the origins of humankind....
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Fascinating and Accessible Update
- By veyza on 14-08-23
By: Madelaine Böhme
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Dragons in the Snow
- Avalanche Detectives and the Race to Beat Death in the Mountains
- By: Ed Power
- Narrated by: Gary Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Edward Power sets the listener down in the midst of a February 2017 blizzard that raked Utah's Uinta Range as nine snowboarders made their way into the backcountry for a day of intense adventure....
By: Ed Power
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How the Earth Works
- By: Michael E. Wysession, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael E. Wysession
- Length: 24 hrs and 31 mins
- Original Recording
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How the Earth Works takes you on an astonishing journey through time and space. In 48 lectures, you will look at what went into making our planet - from the big bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth....
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Everyone should hear this
- By Mr D & Mrs E Owers on 10-08-19
By: Michael E. Wysession, and others
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The Great Derangement
- Climate Change and the Unthinkable
- By: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrated by: Shridhar Solanki
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land, Ghosh examines our inability - at the level of literature, history, and politics - to grasp the scale and violence of climate change....
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Excellent book.
- By Neil Green on 29-03-22
By: Amitav Ghosh
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Walking the Bones of Britain
- A 3 Billion Year Journey from the Outer Hebrides to the Thames Estuary
- By: Christopher Somerville
- Narrated by: Christopher Somerville
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Travelling a thousand miles and across three billion years, Christopher Somerville (walking correspondent of The Times and author of Coast, The January Man and Ships of Heaven) sets out to interrogate the land beneath our feet, and how it has affected every aspect of human history....
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Recommended - A new perspective
- By veyza on 27-09-23
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The Tyrannosaur Chronicles
- By: David Hone
- Narrated by: Gavin Osborn
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Tyrannosaurus was truly impressive; it topped six tons, was more than 12 meters (40 feet) long, and had the largest head and most powerful bite of any land animal in history....
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Thoroughly enjoyable for any dino fan
- By I_Like_Juice on 24-08-16
By: David Hone
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Landmarks
- By: Robert Macfarlane
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place....
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Love it, but it's costing me a fortune!
- By Coffee snob on 09-09-15
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All We Can Save
- Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
- By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson
- Narrated by: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson, Cristela Alonzo, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
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Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward....
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Heartbreaking, heartwarming, eye-opening & hopeful
- By JPA on 05-11-20
By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, and others
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Earth
- Over 4 Billion Years in the Making
- By: Chris Packham, Andrew Cohen
- Narrated by: Rupert Evans
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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With the trademark dramatic storytelling techniques of The Planets and The Universe, Andrew Cohen and Chris Packham narrate the biography of the Earth, revealing the most epic moments from its history, from the first seconds of its existence to the arrival of its most incredible inhabitants, us....
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Great story, missed Packham though!
- By Joanne A. on 22-04-24
By: Chris Packham, and others
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No Miracles Needed
- How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air
- By: Mark Z. Jacobson
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 18 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Find out what you can do to improve the health, climate, and economic state of our planet. Together, we can solve the climate crisis, eliminate air pollution, and safely secure energy supplies for everyone....
By: Mark Z. Jacobson
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Fire and Ice
- The Volcanoes of the Solar System
- By: Natalie Starkey
- Narrated by: Natalie Starkey
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The volcano - among the most familiar and perhaps the most terrifying of all geological phenomena. However, Earth isn't the only planet to harbour volcanoes....
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Amazing book providing great insight
- By Amazon Customer on 20-02-22
By: Natalie Starkey
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Psychedelic Apes
- From Parallel Universes to Mushroom Gods: The Weirdest Theories of Science and History
- By: Alex Boese
- Narrated by: Jared Zeus
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of the weirdest and wackiest theories from science and history by best-selling author of Elephants on Acid, Alex Boese....
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Very nuanced
- By Ninds on 22-01-24
By: Alex Boese
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Savage Arena
- By: Joe Tasker
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
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Savage Arena is both moving and exciting, an inspirational tale of the adventuring spirit which follows its own path, endlessly seeking new challenges, climbs and difficulties to overcome. It is not reaching the summit which counts, it is the journey to it....
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Gripping stories from the mountains
- By Hayley on 09-10-19
By: Joe Tasker
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Salt
- A World History
- By: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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So much of our human body is made up of salt that we'd be dead without it...
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Was pretty boring
- By Anonymous User on 05-10-22
By: Mark Kurlansky
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Sasquatch
- Legend Meets Science
- By: Jeff Meldrum
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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In this work on a subject too often dismissed as paranormal or disreputable, Jeffrey Meldrum gives us the first book on Sasquatch to be written by a scientist with impeccable academic credentials. He gives an objective look at the facts in a field mined with hoaxes and sensationalism....
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Detailed & Scientific, If a Little Dry
- By S. Morris on 03-04-23
By: Jeff Meldrum
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Up and About
- The Hard Road to Everest
- By: Doug Scott
- Narrated by: Saethon Williams
- Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
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At dusk on 24 September 1975, Doug Scott and Dougal Haston became the first Britons to reach the summit of Everest as lead climbers on Chris Bonington's epic expedition to the mountain's immense south-west face....
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what an amazing listen
- By travel18 on 13-12-23
By: Doug Scott
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Firmament
- The Hidden Science of Weather, Climate Change and the Air That Surrounds Us
- By: Simon Clark
- Narrated by: Simon Clark
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A thin, invisible layer of air surrounds the Earth, sustaining all known life on the planet and creating the unique climates and weather patterns that make each part of the world different....
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Best popular science book on atmospheric science.
- By Gethin Manuel on 10-03-22
By: Simon Clark
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Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes
- By: Julie Michelle Klinger
- Narrated by: Steve Rausch
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Rare Earth Frontiers is a work of human geography that serves to demystify the powerful elements that make possible the miniaturization of electronics, green energy and medical technologies, and essential telecommunications and defense systems....
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Billions & Billions
- Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo, Ann Druyan
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us....
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A beautiful and inspiring read
- By Robert Barnes on 04-11-20
By: Carl Sagan
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Everest the Cruel Way
- By: Joe Tasker
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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On 30 January, 1981 Joe Tasker and Ade Burgess stood at 24,000 feet on the west ridge of Mount Everest. Below them were their companions, some exhausted, some crippled by illness, all virtually incapacitated. Further progress seemed impossible....
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People Will Climb Mountains
- By SocialGoose on 28-09-19
By: Joe Tasker
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Disaster by Choice
- How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards Into Catastrophes
- By: Ilan Kelman
- Narrated by: Rupert Bush
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us through these 'natural disasters'....
By: Ilan Kelman
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Wonderful Life
- The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
- By: Stephen Jay Gould
- Narrated by: Jonathan Sleep
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It holds the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived—a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail....
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The Deepest Map
- The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World’s Oceans
- By: Laura Trethewey
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Five oceans—the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian, the Arctic, and the Southern—cover approximately 70 percent of the earth. Yet we know little about what lies beneath them....
By: Laura Trethewey
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The Ogre
- Biography of a Mountain and the Dramatic Story of the First Ascent
- By: Doug Scott
- Narrated by: Saethon Williams
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
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On a July 1977 day, having become the first climbers to reach the summit of the Ogre, Doug Scott and Chris Bonington began their long descent. In the minutes that followed, any feeling of success from their achievement would be overwhelmed by the start of a desperate fight for survival....
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Terrible narration
- By Anonymous User on 16-03-23
By: Doug Scott
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The Invention of Prehistory
- Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
- By: Stefanos Geroulanos
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
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In this coruscating work, acclaimed historian Stefanos Geroulanos demonstrates how claims about the earliest humans not only shaped Western intellectual culture, but gave rise to our modern world.
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Weather for Dummies (2nd Edition)
- By: John D. Cox
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Look up! When you look to the sky, do you wonder why the sun is so bright or why the clouds are white or why the sky is blue? Then Weather for Dummies is your resource to fuel your curiosity about the weather....
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good bit missing accompanying PDF for diagrams
- By Brian on 08-12-21
By: John D. Cox
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The Edge of Memory
- The Geology of Folk Tales and Climate Change
- By: Patrick Nunn
- Narrated by: Peter Silverleaf
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Using Australia as a springboard, this book explores the science in folk history. It looks at ancient tales and traditions that may in all probability be rooted in scientifically verifiable fact and can be explored via geological evidence, such as the biblical flood....
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Fascinating
- By Susan Harvey on 30-03-20
By: Patrick Nunn
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Adventures in Volcanoland
- What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves
- By: Tamsin Mather
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin Hussey
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Adventures in Volcanoland charts journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some of the world's most important volcanoes, from Nicaragua to Hawaii, Santorini to Ethiopia, exploring Tamsin Mather's obsession with these momentous geological formations, the cultural and religious roles they have played in the minds of those living around them at different times throughout history, and the science behind their formation and eruptions.
By: Tamsin Mather
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The Invention of Prehistory
- Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
- By: Stefanos Geroulanos
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Books about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us about our earliest ancestors. We are obsessed with prehistory—and, in this respect, our current era is no different from any other in the last three hundred years. In this coruscating work, acclaimed historian Stefanos Geroulanos demonstrates how claims about the earliest humans not only shaped Western intellectual culture, but gave rise to our modern world.
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Weathering
- By: Ruth Allen
- Narrated by: Ruth Allen
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Rocks and mountains have withstood aeons of life on our planet - gradually eroding, dissolving, recycling, shifting, solidifying, and weathering. We might spend a little less time on earth, but humans are also weathering: evolving and changing as we're transformed by the shifting climates of our lives and experiences. So, what might these ancient natural forms have to teach us about resilience and change?
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The insight from the author and her beautiful descriptive writing.
- By SallyMc on 03-04-24
By: Ruth Allen
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Shifting Ground
- Unraveling the Earthquake Mystery in Oklahoma
- By: Sophia Smartington
- Narrated by: Raymond Stephens
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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"Shifting Ground: Unraveling the Earthquake Mystery in Oklahoma" delves into the unprecedented seismic activity that has rocked the state in recent years, challenging preconceived notions about earthquake-prone regions. The book takes listeners on a captivating journey through the scientific investigation that unfolded as Oklahoma experienced a surge in seismic events, defying traditional geological expectations.
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Ultramarine
- Stories from the Oceanic Frontline
- By: Cosmos Magazine
- Narrated by: Daniel Townsend
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome to Ultramarine, which takes a deep dive into the science seeking to understand and protect our precious aquatic world. As anyone who’s rolled out of a boat in diving or snorkeling gear into deep water knows, there’s nothing as thrilling as entering the ocean and peering inside it.
By: Cosmos Magazine
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Principles of Geology
- By: Charles Lyell
- Narrated by: Daniel Natal
- Length: 31 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Principles of Geology [1830] is a groundbreaking classic of science. Mentioned in Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, glowingly, it captivated such contemporaries as Melville, Emerson, Tennyson, and George Eliot. It is now here for a new generation interested in Earth Science, climate and sustainability.
By: Charles Lyell
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Adventures in Volcanoland
- What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves
- By: Tamsin Mather
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin Hussey
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Adventures in Volcanoland charts journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some of the world's most important volcanoes, from Nicaragua to Hawaii, Santorini to Ethiopia, exploring Tamsin Mather's obsession with these momentous geological formations, the cultural and religious roles they have played in the minds of those living around them at different times throughout history, and the science behind their formation and eruptions.
By: Tamsin Mather
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The Invention of Prehistory
- Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
- By: Stefanos Geroulanos
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Books about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us about our earliest ancestors. We are obsessed with prehistory—and, in this respect, our current era is no different from any other in the last three hundred years. In this coruscating work, acclaimed historian Stefanos Geroulanos demonstrates how claims about the earliest humans not only shaped Western intellectual culture, but gave rise to our modern world.
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Weathering
- By: Ruth Allen
- Narrated by: Ruth Allen
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Rocks and mountains have withstood aeons of life on our planet - gradually eroding, dissolving, recycling, shifting, solidifying, and weathering. We might spend a little less time on earth, but humans are also weathering: evolving and changing as we're transformed by the shifting climates of our lives and experiences. So, what might these ancient natural forms have to teach us about resilience and change?
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The insight from the author and her beautiful descriptive writing.
- By SallyMc on 03-04-24
By: Ruth Allen
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Shifting Ground
- Unraveling the Earthquake Mystery in Oklahoma
- By: Sophia Smartington
- Narrated by: Raymond Stephens
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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"Shifting Ground: Unraveling the Earthquake Mystery in Oklahoma" delves into the unprecedented seismic activity that has rocked the state in recent years, challenging preconceived notions about earthquake-prone regions. The book takes listeners on a captivating journey through the scientific investigation that unfolded as Oklahoma experienced a surge in seismic events, defying traditional geological expectations.
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Ultramarine
- Stories from the Oceanic Frontline
- By: Cosmos Magazine
- Narrated by: Daniel Townsend
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome to Ultramarine, which takes a deep dive into the science seeking to understand and protect our precious aquatic world. As anyone who’s rolled out of a boat in diving or snorkeling gear into deep water knows, there’s nothing as thrilling as entering the ocean and peering inside it.
By: Cosmos Magazine
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Principles of Geology
- By: Charles Lyell
- Narrated by: Daniel Natal
- Length: 31 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Principles of Geology [1830] is a groundbreaking classic of science. Mentioned in Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, glowingly, it captivated such contemporaries as Melville, Emerson, Tennyson, and George Eliot. It is now here for a new generation interested in Earth Science, climate and sustainability.
By: Charles Lyell